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The online portfolio for Periscope Studio, North America's largest studio of freelance comic book artists.Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:44:50 +0000en-UShourly1Periscope Patreon Round-Uphttp://periscopestudio.com/periscope-patreon-round-up/
http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-patreon-round-up/#commentsThu, 22 Jan 2015 22:59:48 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=10090Two Periscope members have joined the ranks of Patreon this week, so we figured it was about time to do a round-up of ways you can support everyone’s passion projects through this excellent service. If you’re not familiar with Patreon, it’s an innovative new platform where readers and fans can become patrons of the arts by directly supporting creators and their projects. It’s sort of like Kickstarter, but aimed at sustained support through smaller amounts over a longer period of time. Learn more here.

Here’s who you can find from Periscope on Patreon:

Cat Farris has been working on her webcomic The Last Diplomat for over a year now, and just launched a new Patreon page to help support the creation of the comic. Patrons can get early updates, PDFs of previous chapters of the comic, and more!

Ron Randall is supporting his retrofuturistic sci-fi bounty hunting webcomic, Trekker, which tracks the adventures of certified badass Mercy St. Clair as she cuts a violent swath across the galaxy. Ron offers a write-up of his process for each and every page of the comic, which updates once a week for free, on his Patreon page.

Lucy Bellwood is supporting a variety of new projects, including adventurous autobio stories about sailing on historic tall ships like the Charles W. Morgan. You can take a peek behind the scenes with weekly updates, get PDF sketchbooks once a month, or receive custom postcards in the mail via her page.

Erika Moen has a page for her smash-hit (definitely NSFW) webcomic Oh Joy, Sex Toy—an educational, sex-positive strip bringing you reviews of toys, instructional pieces, and educational introductions once a week without fail. You can nab PDFs of Erika’s work as well as access to a behind-the-scenes blog on her Patreon page.

Dylan Meconis is supporting her ongoing webcomic Family Man, a three-part graphic novel series full of intrigue, atmosphere, dangerous romance, theology jokes, academic backstabbing, antique library science, old grudges, old gods, and the company of wolves. Get access to Dylan’s meticulous footnotes, mini podcasts, and more on her page.

That’s all so far, but the numbers of creators on Patreon are growing by the minute. Take a look and see if there’s anyone you’d like to help support in the quest to make bigger and better comics!

]]>http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-patreon-round-up/feed/0Steve Lieber Talks QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIEhttp://periscopestudio.com/steve-leiber-talks-quantum-and-woody-must-die/
http://periscopestudio.com/steve-leiber-talks-quantum-and-woody-must-die/#commentsMon, 22 Dec 2014 20:02:18 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=10079By now you’ve probably all heard that Steve Lieber is following his hilarious run on SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN with a stint at Valiant for a four-issue arc of QUANTUM AND WOODY with writer James Asmus. Matthew Meylikhov of Multiversity Comics got Lieber and Asmus on the line to discuss the background of their upcoming installment in the raucous series, QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE. As Meylikhov notes:

…despite being ‘comics’, often times comic books aren’t very funny. Maybe it’s all this grim and gritty realism surrounding us with dead family and friends and doomsday obsessed villains, but it’s surprisingly rare for a comic to make you laugh out loud these days.

Fortunately this series promises to by anything but grave. Lieber says:

…“Superior Foes” was the first time in a twenty-two year career that anyone had ever asked me to be funny. Now it’s likely I won’t be doing anything else. And James is a pretty comedic guy; he just throws the kitchen sink at you — the sight gags, the dialogue gags, character riffs and bits… there’s just lots and lots of stuff for me to work with. He’s very generous in letting me go a bit Robin Williams on him, I don’t know how else to put it, and letting me improv off his scripts which I appreciate tremendously.

You can read the whole interview over on Multiversity’s site, plus check out an exclusive colored, lettered preview of Issue 1! (For additional art previews and interview material, check out Comic Vine and CBR.)

Lukas Ketner is the artist and co-creator of Witch Doctor, the hit launch title for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint at Image Comics. He was a 2009 nominee for the Russ Manning Award for his Witch Doctor work. Since his move to Portland in 2000, Lukas’s art has appeared on album covers, motorcycle helmets, and in various comics publications. See more on his member page or via his Facebook fan page.

We’ve got a stellar batch of new releases from Periscope’s many creators, plus some pre-orders and announcements for comics you won’t want to miss.

First up is a new installment of BANDETTE from Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover.

Has Inspector B.D. Belgique of the Special Police finally found the evidence he needs to bring down Absinthe and the FINIS crime syndicate once and for all? Will the insidious Absinthe discover the betrayal from his own inner circle? Will Bandette, the world’s greatest thief, face the deadly strangler known as Il Tredici… ALONE? And, just what is… the secret of the wardrobe? Plus: candy bars and a pirate!

Issue 8 is available for purchase via Comixology. Plus, enjoy a brand new Urchin Story with artist Emi Lennox for FREE right here.

Elsewhere in Europe, Natalie Nourigat has two new issues of her beautiful travel sketches available for purchase. TALLY MARKS #2 & #3 collect drawings from Natalie’s year-long sojourn to Paris and beyond, with a mix of observational drawings, comics, and landmark sketches for just 99 cents per issue!

BRIDES OF HELLHEIM #1 is also out this week from Cullen Bunn and Joëlle Jones. Expanding the brutal universe of an undead Viking warrior, Rikard, and his endless struggle against forces of the occult, BRIDES offers a whole new storyline for new readers and old HELHEIM fans alike. A glowing review from Multiversity Comics calls particular attention to Joëlle’s work on the issue:

Blending a sense of realism in setting by staying true to the landscape and architecture of Scandinavia in the early A.D. times with a sense of fantasy through her use of a heavily inked and stylised portrayal of the characters and their use of magic, Jones grounds Bunn’s script with a dark and oppressive atmosphere. […] Jones’ inks are heavy and her shadows ever present and oppressive, which allows her to bring a real sense of movement to the fight scene through use of the inks to fill panels with harsh speed lines and ink splashes. The style is very reminiscent of the inking style of Matteo Scalera, especially in his work on “Dead Body Road” and it really kicks the issue up a notch.

Check out this preview at Comic Book Resources, then pick up a copy at your local comic shop!

For those of you in the mood for a little autobiographical detail with your history, check out Lucy Bellwood’s latest minicomic DOWN TO THE SEAS AGAIN, a travelogue describing her voyage aboard the last wooden whaling ship in the world. The issue is available in print and as a digital download on Gumroad. Read more on her blog.

PROMETHEUS FIRE AND STONE #1, written by Paul Tobin with art by COLDER collaborator Juan Ferreyra, is also out now, heralding the start of a massive, spooky crossover event. Read what Paul has to say about this issue here, then buy a copy for yourself right here.

Karl Kesel continues his stint writing X-FILES: YEAR ZERO with issue 3 — out now from IDW. Read a preview here.

Preorders for Benajmin Dewey’s complete TRAGEDY SERIES are now available! We can’t wait to get our hands on this collection of Dewey’s hilarious webcomic.

Also, in case you missed it, Alex Ross has done a stellar variant cover for TOOTH AND CLAW, Dewey’s upcoming project with writer Kurt Busiek. Take a peek right here.

And last, but certainly not least: Jonathan Case has announced his next graphic novel with Dark Horse! It’s a slick 1930s story called THE NEW DEAL, and from what we’ve seen so far it’s going to be a gem. You can read all about its origins and Jonathan’s methodology for crafting the story over in the exclusive Comic Book Resources announcement post. Be sure to follow Jonathan on Twitter for ongoing updates about the book’s progress.

That’s all from Periscope for now! Check back next week for more news.

]]>http://periscopestudio.com/new-releases-roundup-10314/feed/0Periscope at RCCC this Weekend!http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-at-rccc-this-weekend/
http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-at-rccc-this-weekend/#commentsThu, 18 Sep 2014 13:00:54 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=9907The time for Portland’s biggest home show is upon us! Come say hello to Periscope at Rose City Comic Con at the Oregon Convention Center this weekend. The show will be open from 10am to 7pm on Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. More info on tickets can be found here.

And the full roster of members in attendance will be (drumroll please):

]]>http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-at-rccc-this-weekend/feed/0Periscope Presence in Stumptown Comic Art Awardshttp://periscopestudio.com/periscope-presence-in-stumptown-comic-art-awards/
http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-presence-in-stumptown-comic-art-awards/#commentsMon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:18 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=9897The nominations for the Stumptown Comic Art Awards (which will be presented at the Rose City Comic Con kick-off party this year) were released last week, and Periscope has a number of members and titles in the running! May we present, for your consideration:

Natalie Nourigat for Best Artist for her work on A BOY AND A GIRL with writer Jamie S. Rich.

Colleen Coover is also in the running for Best Artist for her work on BANDETTE with writer and fellow Periscopian Paul Tobin. (You can check out her process for drawing the comic right here!)

How will you choose? Who can say.

We should note that BANDETTE is also up for the Best Webcomic or Digital Comic category. Zut alors!

Finally, CARTOZIA TALES, an all-ages collaborative fantasy series featuring regular art from Lucy Bellwood and a host of other indie cartoonists, has been nominated for Best New Comic, Best Small Press, Best Publication for Young Readers, and Best Anthology.

]]>http://periscopestudio.com/periscope-presence-in-stumptown-comic-art-awards/feed/0DAYGLOW #1 Out Now from David Hahnhttp://periscopestudio.com/dayglow-1-out-now-from-david-hahn/
http://periscopestudio.com/dayglow-1-out-now-from-david-hahn/#commentsThu, 31 Jul 2014 15:00:17 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=9810The first issue of David Hahn’s DAYGLOW, a 4-issue post-apocalyptic thriller from Publish Enemies, is out in the wild and ready for your reading eyeballs as of this week. The story so far:

Human civilization is collapsing as result of a deadly virus named Narbala 5 that is in the process of killing off 99% of humanity. The only hope for humankind is to put 5,000 of its own into cryogenic sleep until the plague has burnt itself out. However, those survivors soon learn the world they have awoken to is far more savage than the one they left behind.

The comic is created, written, and drawn entirely by Hahn, and the art we’ve seen so far looks incredible. Get your mitts on it via Comixology right now.

]]>http://periscopestudio.com/dayglow-1-out-now-from-david-hahn/feed/0New Releases Roundup 7/30/14http://periscopestudio.com/new-releases-roundup-73014/
http://periscopestudio.com/new-releases-roundup-73014/#commentsWed, 30 Jul 2014 20:02:17 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=9865Lots to catch up on from Periscope in the past month! Here’s what you can find out in the world from our creators right now. Steve Lieber and writer Nick Spencer continue their wry exploration of Marvel’s less-lauded villains in SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #13 with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg. If you’re looking to get into the series, we have signed and sketched-in copies of the first trade available in our Etsy store! Cat Farris brings us a new issue of EMILY AND THE STRANGERS this week with writers Rob Reger and Mariah Huehner. Though they’ve offered Emily and the Strangers a seemingly awesome record deal, it’s beginning to look like Awesomely Awesome Records isn’t all they appear to be. The band decides to investigate further before making any bold moves. Jeff Parker continues his work on AQUAMAN with a new annual out this week from DC (#2 to be precise). Josie Campbell at CBR talks with Parker about his influences for the series–from True Detective to Wonder Woman. In digital news, Natalie Nourigat is back among us in the States again and has a first issue of her travel sketches out from Monkeybrain Comics today. TALLY MARKS #1 collects 30 pages of Natalie’s incredible life sketches from New York to Florence and includes insights into her drawing process and tool choices. You can pick it up on Comixology for just 99 cents right now. Meanwhile, Benjamin Dewey and Paul Tobin’s I WAS THE CAT has finished serializing digitally on Comixology. If you’d like to read the story before the gorgeous hardcover drops from Oni Press next week, you can check it out chapter by chapter online. Looking ahead, Joëlle Jones has announced a new Dark Horse series with writer Jamie S. Rich entitled LADY KILLER, set for release in January of 2015. Josie is a young housewife living post-war America. She sells makeup door-to-door, she takes care of her twin kids and the family dog, she makes dinner for her husband, and she suffers her endlessly disapproving mother-in-law. That is, when she’s not murdering people in astonishingly violent ways. Andy Khouri talks to Jamie and Joëlle over on Comics Alliance about how the project came about and what readers can expect from the series.
]]>http://periscopestudio.com/new-releases-roundup-73014/feed/0Natalie Nourigat’s AMSTERDAM SKETCHBOOK Out Nowhttp://periscopestudio.com/natalie-nourigats-amsterdam-sketchbook-out-now/
http://periscopestudio.com/natalie-nourigats-amsterdam-sketchbook-out-now/#commentsThu, 19 Jun 2014 15:00:32 +0000http://periscopestudio.com/?p=9815If you’ve been enjoying Natalie Nourigat’s gorgeous life drawings and street sketches from her time in Europe, be sure to check out AMSTERDAM SKETCHBOOK — the first digital collection of her European work from Monkeybrain Comics. The book contains 21 pages of process work and slice-of-life sketching from Natalie’s first trip to Amsterdam and is a definite treat for the eyeballs.

Furthermore, there’s a great write-up of Natalie’s work on the Forbidden Planet blog – a perfect starting point if you’re unfamiliar with her lovely storytelling and dynamite productivity.

On a summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What began as teenage adventure becomes something more–the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion?

Parker explains that “it’s a book that doesn’t do the thinking for you, so it’s your call as the reader to interpret why characters make the choices they do.” The art we’ve seen so far looks stunning, and we can’t wait to get our hands on the finished product.